Rapid City Planning Tax Day Tea Party

By Bob Ellis | 03/26/09

As patriotic, responsible, freedom-loving Americans grow more and more frustrated by the irresponsible decisions and massive waste of taxpayer dollars engineered in Washington D.C., a tide of discontent and rebellion is growing across the nation.Americans remember their colonial forefathers who became fed up with the taxation and oppression from a distant and out-of-touch government came to show that frustration in events such as the Boston Tea... read more »

Free Market Health Care Quality Superior to Socialized Medicine

By Bob Ellis | 03/25/09

Dr. Scott W. Atlas, a professor at Stanford University Medical Center has an enlightening report at the National Center for Policy Analysis. Socialists in Washington, the "mainstream" media and elsewhere never fail to sing the praises of socialized health care systems in other country (while remaining remarkably oblivious to the host of detractors in such systems). Knowledge is becoming pretty widespread of the stunning... read more »

South Dakota Joining the Tax Day Tea Party Movement

By Bob Ellis | 03/17/09

For the past few weeks we have been seeing modern-day tea parties--reminiscent of the Boston Tea Party--popping up all over the country.These protests have been seen in places such as Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Washington D.C and other locations to express citizen outrage at the gargantuan spending, waste, and rewarding of irresponsibility going on in the federal government.There is even a national Tax Day Tea Party movement with over 100 cities... read more »

What is Possible May Not Be Morally Permissible

By Bob Ellis | 03/13/09

Charles Krauthammer has an excellent piece on embryonic stem cell research that everyone should read regardless of whether you support or oppose ESC research.Krauthammer is an exceptional man.  As a young man at Harvard, he was injured in a diving accident and left paralyzed from the chest down.  He went on to get his MD and became a board-certified psychiatrist.  He is also a columnist and commentator of great renown,... read more »

Taliban: Obama's Overture 'Illogical'

By Bob Ellis | 03/10/09

Even Islamic terrorists realize that President Barack Obama is hopelessly naive when it comes to national defense.You might recall that Barack Obama has indicated numerous times he believes we can just talk to terrorists and Islamic militants, and they will immediately see reason and become our friends.  Obama said before the election he would talk to the Holocaust-denying, nuclear-ambitioned, Israel-hating Iranian president Mahmoud... read more »

Another Loss for the Social Engineers

By Bob Ellis | 03/10/09

The latest attempt to pass a government-funded preschool bill, SB 191, was shot down in the South Dakota House Education Committee yesterday.Educrats and social engineers have been coming to the legislature every year for the past several years without success.Proponents claim studies show academic gains for students who participate in preschool.  And there is some truth to that, but it is far from the entire picture There are a few... read more »

Hoping for Failure: Limbaugh Condemned, Dems Get Free Pass

By Bob Ellis | 03/09/09

By now you have no doubt heard ad nauseam that Rush Limbaugh is an evil man (who may just be Satan incarnate) because he said he hope President Barack Obama fails in his plans to socialize the United States.Liberals have put on their Indignation hats and feigned shock over Limbaugh's hopes that Obama will fail.  They imply Limbaugh is unpatriotic for this attitude and is indifferent to the plight of Americans suffering in the current... read more »

Enhanced Red County is Coming!

By Bob Ellis | 03/09/09

Red County will be introducing a brand new site next week! A new look, new features the addition of new contributors, plus a few surprises,  are all part of the exciting changes in store at Red County.  We fully intend  to provide readers with the very best online source for regional political news and commentary and our redesigned site is just the start.From all-star contributors to video and podcast programs, we're excited about the... read more »

Polar Bears: A Bridge to Energy Castration

By Bob Ellis | 03/03/09

The Heritage Foundation posted a very interesting analysis of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) yesterday.It points out that this epically bad piece of legislation has done little or nothing to live up to its purported goal of protecting endangered species.Notwithstanding its laudable goal of protecting species, the ESA has proven to be a flawed approach that has only gotten worse after three decades of judicial interpretation. Some 1,300 species... read more »

Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders

By Bob Ellis | 03/03/09

TeenPact, the national organization which teaches young people about God and government, was in Pierre, South Dakota last week.  The event was coordinated by Lisa Nehring of Sioux Falls and Joanne Woods of Rapid City, and was sponsored in part by the South Dakota Christian Home Educators (SDCHE).TeenPact youth leaders came from all across the country came to South Dakota's capital to help kids gain a better understanding of government and... read more »